Anime watch orders, one line per franchise
Pick a series and follow its line: every season, film and OVA in the order to watch it, the filler you can skip, and the manga chapter where the anime stops, so you know where to pick up the story.
How long will it take you to watch?
453 hours
All of One Piece released so far: 1,180 episodes, about 453 hours. At 3 episodes a day, that's 393 days, about 13 months. Main story without filler: about 417 hours, or 362 days, about 12 months.
Episode counts as of October 25, 2026. Times come from each series' watch-order page; filler counts from Anime Filler List.
Watch orders
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Bleach watch order Anime complete 5 stops to watch
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Demon Slayer watch order Infinity Castle Part 2 announced 6 stops to watch Manga picks up at volume 18
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Dragon Ball watch order Super: Beerus airing 6 stops to watch Manga picks up at volume 9
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Evangelion watch order New series announced 6 stops to watch
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Fate watch order Next strange Fake season announced 8 stops to watch
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Jujutsu Kaisen watch order Season 4 announced 5 stops to watch Manga picks up at volume 21
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Monogatari watch order Karen Ogre set for winter 2026 18 stops to watch Novels continue with Yoimonogatari
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Naruto watch order Boruto Part 2 announced 5 stops to watch Manga picks up at volume 18
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One Piece watch order Anime on break until 2027 20 stops to watch Manga picks up at volume 113
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Witch Hat Atelier watch order Season 2 announced 1 stop to watch Manga picks up at volume 5
How to read a watch order
Release order or story order
Release order is the order the seasons, films and OVAs first came out in Japan. Story order follows events on screen, so a prequel moves ahead of the series it explains. Release order is the safer first watch, because later entries assume you know earlier twists. Where the two differ, each page draws both and lets you switch between them.
Filler, mixed and anime canon
Filler is story the anime made up that doesn't come from the manga or novels. Mixed episodes blend source chapters with new scenes, so skipping them can cost you part of the plot. Anime canon is original material that still fits the story. Pages count all three separately and list the filler you can skip, episode by episode.
Where the anime stops in the manga
Long shows rarely adapt the whole manga. Each page names the last chapter the anime adapts, from the publisher's own volume listings where they exist, and the volume to start reading next. When no official source maps episodes to chapters, the page says so and names who reported it.
How each order is checked
Dates, episode counts and chapter numbers come from the anime's official site, its broadcaster and streaming service, and the manga publisher. Where those stay silent, the page says so and names the secondary source it uses instead. Each page shows the date its facts were last checked. Rai Ansar runs the site and fixes mistakes readers report; the method page has the details.